(a) No person shall enter on the grounds, buildings, vehicles, premises, activities or property of a school, as defined in § 2923.122(A) of the Ohio Revised Code, while in the possession of a firearm, knife, club or other implement which is intended to be used as a weapon, subject to the following exception: any bona fide law enforcement officer, any member of the military service in which a firearm or weapon would be necessary or proper uniform materials, or any bona fide educational purpose as approved by the school principal.
(b) Subject to section (c) below, any school official or employee who discovers a prohibited weapon upon school grounds or in a school building shall immediately notify the Chief of Police or his/her designee and request the assistance of the Division of Police.
(c) Section (b) above shall not apply:
(1) To any school official or employee who has personal knowledge that the notification required by Section 549.21
(b) has already been given with respect to a particular discovery of a particular prohibited weapon; or
(2) When the prohibited weapon is in the possession of an officer, agent or employee of this or any other state or the United States, members of the armed forces of the United States or the organized militia of this or any other state, or law enforcement officers to the extent that any such person is authorized to possess a prohibited weapon and is acting within the scope of his/her duties; or
(3) Any bona fide law enforcement officer, any member of the military service in which a firearm or weapon would be necessary or proper uniform materials, or any bona fide educational purpose as approved by the school principal.
(d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(Ord. 1994-75. Passed 8-10-94.)